past tense

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123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verlede tyd — grammatical form
• Albanian: kohë e shkuar — grammatical form
• Albanian: koha e shkuar — grammatical form
• Southern Altai: ӧткӧн ӧй (ötkön öy) — grammatical form
• Arabic: مَاضٍ (māḍin) — grammatical form
• Arabic: الْمَاضِي (al-māḍī) — grammatical form
• Arabic: فِعْل مَاضٍ (fiʕl māḍin) — grammatical form
• Arabic: الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي (al-fiʕl al-māḍī) — grammatical form
• Armenian: անցյալ ժամանակ (ancʻyal žamanak) — grammatical form
• Armenian: անցյալ (ancʻyal) — grammatical form
• Azerbaijani: keçmiş zaman — grammatical form
• Bashkir: үткән заман (ütkən zaman) — grammatical form
• Basque: lehenaldi — grammatical form
• Belarusian: міну́лы час (minúly čas) — grammatical form
• Bengali: অতীত কাল (otit kal) — grammatical form
• Breton: amzer-dremenet — grammatical form
• Bulgarian: ми́нало вре́ме (mínalo vréme) — grammatical form
• Buryat: үнгэрһэн саг (üngerhen sag) — grammatical form
• Carpathian Rusyn: минулый час (mynulŷj čas) — grammatical form
• Catalan: passat — grammatical form
• Catalan: pretèrit — grammatical form
• Chinese Mandarin: 過去時態 /过去时态 (guòqù shítài) — grammatical form
• Chinese Mandarin: 過去式 /过去式 (guòqù shì) — grammatical form
• Chinese Mandarin: 過去時 /过去时 (guòqùshí) — grammatical form
• Chinese Mandarin: 過去式 /过去式 (guòqùshì) — grammatical form
• Chuvash: иртнӗ вӑхӑт (irtnĕ văh̬ăt) — grammatical form
• Crimean Tatar: keçken zaman — grammatical form
• Czech: minulý čas — grammatical form
• Danish: datid — grammatical form
• Danish: præteritum — grammatical form
• Dutch: verleden tijd — grammatical form
• Estonian: minevik — grammatical form
• Faroese: tátíð — grammatical form
• Finnish: imperfekti — grammatical form
• Finnish: kertoma — grammatical form
• French: passé — grammatical form
• West-Frisian: doetiid — grammatical form
• Georgian: ნამყო (namq̇o) — grammatical form
• German: Vergangenheit — grammatical form
• German: Präteritum — grammatical form
• Greek: αόριστος (aóristos) — grammatical form
• Gujarati: ભૂતકાળ (bhūtkāḷ) — grammatical form
• Hindi: भूतकाल (bhūtkāl) — grammatical form
• Hindi: भूत काल (bhūt kāl) — grammatical form
• Hindi: माज़ी (māzī) — grammatical form
• Hungarian: múlt idő — grammatical form
• Icelandic: þátíð — grammatical form
• Indonesian: kala lampau — grammatical form
• Italian: passato — grammatical form
• Japanese: 過去時制 (kako jisei) — grammatical form
• Japanese: 過去形 (kakokei) — grammatical form
• Kalmyk: өңгрсн цаг (öñgrsn tsag) — grammatical form
• Kazakh: өткен шақ (ötken şaq) — grammatical form
• Khmer: អតីតកាល (ʼaʼtəytaʼkaal) — grammatical form
• Korean: 과거시제 (gwageosije) — grammatical form
• Korean: 과거형 (gwageohyeong) — grammatical form
• Kumyk: гетген заман (getgen zaman) — grammatical form
• Kyrgyz: өткөн чак (ötkön cak) — grammatical form
• Latin: tempus praeteritum — grammatical form
• Latin: praeteritum — grammatical form
• Latvian: pagātnes laiks — grammatical form
• Latvian: pagātne — grammatical form
• Lithuanian: būtasis laikas — grammatical form
• Macedonian: минато време (minato vreme) — grammatical form
• Malay: masa lampau — grammatical form
• Malayalam: ഭൂതകാലം (bhūtakālaṁ) — grammatical form
• Māori: wāmua — grammatical form
• Mongolian: өнгөрсөн цаг (öngörsön cag) — grammatical form
• Navajo: tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ — grammatical form
• Nogai: озган заман (ozgan zaman) — grammatical form
• Norwegian Bokmål: preteritum — grammatical form
• Norwegian Bokmål: datid — grammatical form
• Norwegian Nynorsk: preteritum — grammatical form
• Norwegian Nynorsk: datid — grammatical form
• Old English: forþġewiten tīd — grammatical form
• Iranian Persian: ماضی (mâzi) — grammatical form
• Iranian Persian: گُذَشْتِه (gozašte) — grammatical form
• Iranian Persian: زَمانِ گُذَشْتِه (zamân-e gozašte) — grammatical form
• Polish: czas przeszły — grammatical form
• Portuguese: pretérito — grammatical form
• Portuguese: passado — grammatical form
• Romanian: timp trecut — grammatical form
• Russian: проше́дшее вре́мя (prošédšeje vrémja) — grammatical form
• Scottish Gaelic: tràth caithte — grammatical form
• Serbo-Croatian: прошло време — grammatical form
• Serbo-Croatian: прошло вријеме — grammatical form
• Serbo-Croatian: prošlo vreme — grammatical form
• Serbo-Croatian: prošlo vrijeme — grammatical form
• Shor: эрткен тем (ertken tem) — grammatical form
• Slovak: minulý čas — grammatical form
• Slovak: préteritum — grammatical form
• Slovene: preteklik — grammatical form
• Slovene: pretekli čas — grammatical form
• Spanish: tiempo pasado — grammatical form
• Spanish: pretérito — grammatical form
• Swedish: preteritum — grammatical form
• Swedish: dåtid — grammatical form
• Swedish: förfluten tid — grammatical form
• Swedish: imperfekt — grammatical form
• Tagalog: panahunang pangnagdaan — grammatical form
• Tagalog: naganap — grammatical form
• Tajik: замони гузашта (zamon-i guzašta) — grammatical form
• Tajik: гузашта (guzašta) — grammatical form
• Tajik: мози (moz-i) — grammatical form
• Tamil: இறந்தகாலம் (iṟantakālam) — grammatical form
• Tatar: үткән заман (ütkän zaman) — grammatical form
• Telugu: భూతకాలము (bhūtakālamu) — grammatical form
• Thai: อดีตกาล (à-dìit-dtà-gaan) — grammatical form
• Tibetan: འདས་པ — grammatical form
• Turkish: geçmiş zaman — grammatical form
• Turkmen: öten zaman — grammatical form
• Tuvan: эрткен үе (ertken üe) — grammatical form
• Udmurt: ортчем дыр (ortćem dyr) — grammatical form
• Ukrainian: мину́лий час (mynúlyj čas) — grammatical form
• Urdu: ماضی (māzī) — grammatical form
• Urdu: زَمانَۂ ماضی (zamāna-yi māzī) — grammatical form
• Uyghur: ئۆتكەن زامان (ötken zaman) — grammatical form
• Uzbek: oʻtgan zamon — grammatical form
• Vietnamese: thời quá khứ — grammatical form
• Vietnamese: thì quá khứ — grammatical form
• Walloon: passé — grammatical form
• Welsh: amser gorffennol — grammatical form
• Yakut: ааспыт кэм (aaspït kem) — grammatical form